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2016 ; 6
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Neural substrates underlying delusions in schizophrenia
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Zhu J
; Zhuo C
; Liu F
; Xu L
; Yu C
Sci Rep
2016[Sep]; 6
(ä): 33857
PMID27651212
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Delusions are cardinal positive symptoms in schizophrenia; however, the neural
substrates of delusions remain unknown. In the present study, we investigated the
neural correlates of delusions in schizophrenia using multi-modal magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. Diffusion, structural and perfusion MRIs were
performed in 19 schizophrenia patients with severe delusions, 30 patients without
delusions and 30 healthy controls. Fractional anisotropy (FA), gray matter volume
(GMV) and cerebral blood flow (CBF) were voxel-wisely compared among the three
groups. Although patients without delusions exhibited decreased FA in white
matter regions and decreased GMV in gray matter regions relative to controls,
patients with severe delusions demonstrated comparable FA in all of these white
matter regions and similar GMV in most of these gray matter regions. Both patient
subgroups had less GMV in the amygdala and anterior cingulate cortex than
controls. Although two patient subgroups showed consistent CBF changes relative
to controls, only CBF in the anterior cingulate cortex was lower in patients with
severe delusions than in patients without delusions. These findings suggest that
schizophrenia patients with severe delusions have relatively normal structural
integrity. Importantly, the excessively reduced perfusion in the anterior
cingulate cortex may be associated with the development of delusions in
schizophrenia.